St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
LABOR and POLITICS.
A Socialists View of the George Move
ment in New York.
THE PROPHET NOT HOPEFUL.
The Four-Eyed NYmanover Attends
Meeting and Interviews About
Everybody.

Bismarck, Boulanger and the ear of
Russia, Evert Nymanover, the four
eyed socialist of Minneapolis, has done
up New York and is now ploughing the
blue waves of the Atlantic on one of the
Thingvalla steamers. He got into jail
at the anarchists in Chicago, discussed
politics with Charles A. Dana, anti-pov-
erty ethics with DR.. McGlynn and land
tax theories with Henry George, be-
sides getting himself interviewed in the
Labor Leader and John Swinton'S paper.
When next heard from he will be drink
ing ''tafer' with the king of Sweden,
blinking beer glasses with Bismarck,
unter den linden, or slipping choteS~-ia
titte with Boulanger in paris. OF his
New York experience he trails behind
him this moroccan:
Never has the Academy of Music in
New York, where tie prophet of Cali
formal and the Prizes; VI the People,
electrify eager multitudes who come
there every Sunday evening to listen to
their doctrines. presented the appear
ance which it did last Sunday. TO say
that the colossal structure was crowded
to the very walls would only feebly ex-
press All estimate of the people who on
that evening besieged the building.
The meeting at which Henry George,
DIR. McGlynl and Judge James g. Ma
guire. of the superior court of San Fran
cisco, were announced to speak, COM
menced promptly at s O'Clock, and
long before that hour the acad-
envy was packed to its full
est seating capacity said to be
1000. Another great audience found
shelter in an adjoining hall, and there
patiently awaited the apostles of anti
poverty to appear, as soon as they con-
veniently could. From the stage to the
doors the interior of the two buildings
was one solid, packed mass of human
lty. L never witnessed a meeting like
this one, except perhaps. i'll Paris, when
Henri ROchefOrt once held mass meet
ing at circus OLIVER, in the fall of 1885,
when 10000 PariSianS responded to the
So call, and met united under one roof.
TOnadO-like cheers greeted the three
men when they entered the stage. l
shall never forget how quiet, modest
and resOlute these men looked, nor how
every face in the audience beamed with
pleasure at the very sight of the men.
Therefore, | think that an az
ticle like this. describing a
Henry George meeting in New York.
his party as find it, will certainly be
of interest to the reader, at the same
time il is timely subject to write on.
The newspaper press III New York is
not altogether united in the opinion
that there exists a distinct labor party
i'll its midst. The sOcialiStic press of
the city denies it altogether, at least so
far as. if the George movement should
be the one. However, all the news
papers are keenly aware of a certain
turmoil of which they are drowsily
weary, but whether the noise is made
by the United Labor party, OF the social
lists, or the many emigrantS, or Herr
Most and his followers, no one pretends
to know. and in all probability doesn't
care. On the whole there are three
labor parties in New York, one social
iStic, the other the Union Labor party and
the third, Henry Georges United Labor
party. The first one is said, by the way,
to have sold out to the Republicans, the
second one to Gov. Hill, and conse-
quently Henry George and his party
stands alone in the labor field of New
York as the political party. What
gigantic work it must be, however, to
politically establish his famous scheme
of leyying of all the taxes of modern
civilization on land values. Still, to
judge from the tremendous enthusiasm
he received last Sunday evening, he
cannot be sneered or laughed or car
TONED out of present American politics.
Not alone aS d writer on Political
economy does Henry George distinguish
himself, he also takes deServedIy all
eminent rank in the art of OratOry He
speaks very entertainingly, with a broad
clear voice. He spoke for about twenty
minutes last Sunday, and was intro
duced by DR.. Edward McGl 5nn. the
Anti-Poverty society's president, as the
GLORIOUS prophet of California;
- am glau.' he amUSinply said in bp-
ginning his speech, THAT we are able to
show my good friend of California. our
honored guest, Judge James Mcguire,
such meeting as this. He tells me
that they have heard out there, (appar-
emily referring to John Swinton's fam
Gus manifesto, as published lately by
the sum- that the Anti-POverty Society'S
meetings in New York are mostly COM
posed of women, and are not very large
at that. The crowd at the door, the two
halls filled as they are, shows, as moth
ing else could possibly show him, how
deeply this movement has taken hold
upon the popular conscience and the
popular heart in this great metropolis of
the American nation. There is he
further said, mot village or hamlet in
this state in which we have not friends.
In my trip last week from Buffalo to
Elmira, l was surprised at the readiness
OF the people everywhere to hear my
doctrines and join hands in the great
movement"
He went on in this style of language
and finally closed his speech by intro
ducing the California Judge, James G..
Mcguire. In introducing him Mr.
George referred to the fact that he was
the man who had had the courage to
withdraw from the sham Democracy
to join the true Jeffersonian Democracy.
The judge of California proved to be
most eloquent, refined and powerful
speaker. He spoke for about an hour
and half, his speech consisting chiefly
of an exposition of the land theory. NV
friends in the West have told me they
were sorry over the fact OF my willing
ness to resign my lucrative office of
Judge OF the superior court to join this
wild movement of organized cranks and
tramps. They also told ME, This
whole thing will blow over soon and
you fellows will be left high and mighty
dry, with no one to love and respect
you When | go back | will tell them
that they have made a huge mistake.
and that the people here do understand
the doctrine of the land for the people,"
Then the famous Catholic priest, DR..
Edward McGlynn, delivered one of his
antl-poVerty sermons, full of morals and
religion: He is very eloquent speaker.
He speaks so fast and eXpressively that
bis audience has no time for applause.
He dresses in a Prince Albert coat.
Nobody can see that he has been a
priest. SIT is fact.'' he said. "that
men are sent to church from these yerv
meetings. We see now, if we want to.
that by the same methods, the same
arts, this great cardinal principle of
justice is being spread as were the prin-
ciples of Christianity eighteen centuries
ago" 1t was nearly half,past II o'clock
before the meeting at the Academic odd